Hay-stacker.



H. S. ARMITAGE & D, J. STEPHENS.

HAY STAGKEE.'

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 7, 1909.

Patented May 31, 1910.

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UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

HERBERT S. ARMITAGE AND DAVID J'. STEPHENS, OF BRISTON, MONTANA.

HAY-STAOKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 7, 1909. Serial No. 516,575.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HERBERT S. Anni- TAGE and DAVID J. STEPHENS, citizens of the United States, residing at Briston, in the county of Beaverhead and State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay-Stackers; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in apparatus for stacking hay and comprises various details of construction, combinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

\Ve illustrate our invention in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of our improved hay stacking apparatus, parts being shown in solid and dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a top plan view. Fig. 3 is a view looking in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 1 showing the forks tipped over into position to be elevated and Fig. 4 is a detail view in side elevation of the basket or elevating fork.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A, A designate the beams of a stacker from which the vertical pieces B rise to any suitable height and are suitably braced. An inclined frame is fastened to said beams A and the upright beams B, preferably at an angle of 45 degrees, and said frame is made up of series of longitudinal timber D spaced apart and extending beyond the upper ends of the beams B any suitable distance. A space, designated by letter O, is formed beyond the upper ends of the intermediate beams of the frame, as shown clearly in Figs. 2 and3 of the drawings, and through which space the hay or grain to be stacked is adapted to be dumped. The two side beams of the frame are extended beyond the intermediate beams and cross-pieces E connect the projecting ends of said beams. Suitable pulleys, designated by letter F, are mounted upon the projecting ends of said beams and over which the hoisting ropes H are adapted to pass. Upon each of the side beams of said frame are the raised pieces G which serve as guides to the basket as it moves up and down the inclined frame. The basket comprises a crosspiece J having a series of fingers or tines K spaced apart, and K designates a crosspiece secured to said fingers or tines and serving to reinforce the same. Rising from the piece J, forming a part of said basket, is a rectangular outlined frame I having a brace bar 1 connecting each end thereof with the ends of the cross-piece K and at each upper corner of the frame I is a ring Q, to which an end of the hoisting rope H is fastened. There are two of said ropes, one fastened to each ring Q and passing about the pulleys F and extending one over each of the pulleys N and N which are swiveled to the beams A and said ropes being fastened to a rope N, to which power of any suitable kind is adapted to be connected where by the apparatus may be operated.

It will be noted that the lower portion of the basket or hoisting fork overbalances the rectangular outlined frame so that the tines will normally fall down to the position shown in solid lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings when the basket or fork reaches its lowest position, in which position the ends of the forks or tines are adapted to rest upon the ground and to receive the hay or grain to be stacked.

In operation, when the hay or grain has been deposited upon a basket or hoisting fork in any suitable manner and power ap plied to the single rope N the first movement imparted to the hoisting rope will be to cause the basket to be swung to the position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1, in which the rectangular outlined frame thereof will contact with the inclined way up which the fork is being hoisted. A further pull upon the rope will cause the basket and its load to be hauled up to the opening in the frame where the load will fall through the rectangular frame of the basket upon the stack. A reverse movement of the ropes will allow the basket to lower by gravity to the position shown in solid lines in Fig. 1.

In order to allow the apparatus to be conveniently moved from place to place, the forward ends of the base beams are rounded, as at A, and any suitable power apparatus Patented May 31, 1910.

may be applied to push the device or it may be skidded along as may be desired from place to place.

That we claim to be new is 1. A hay stacker comprising an inclined way, a basket comprising series of tines, a rectangular outlined open frame rigidly fastened to the rear end of said tines, a cable connected to the corners of said rectangular outlined frame, pulleys upon the inclined way over which said cable is passed, said rectangular outlined frame being adapted to swing against the inclined way and contact therewith as the load is being hoisted.

2. In combination with an inclined way of a hay stacker, a basket comprising an open rectangular outlined frame, series of tines spaced apart projecting from said frame and rigidly secured thereto, b aces connecting said tines to the frame, rings upon said frame, cables fastened to said rings, and

pulleys upon the inclined way over which said cables pass.

3. A hay stacker comprising an inclined way with an opening near its upper end through which the hay is dumped, guide strios upon said inclined way, a basket comprising an open rectangular frame and tines spaced apart, said tines being positioned at right angles to the frame and rigidly se cured thereto, said frame being adapted to tilt and ride upon the inclined way as the load is being hoisted, cables connected to said frame, and pulleys over which the cables pass.

In testimony whereof we hereunto affix our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

HERBERT S. ARMITAGE. DAVID J. STEPHENS.

Witnesses R. P. ARMITAGE, C' E. CoRwIN. 

